Subject: Re: #32287 Processes hang in "mclpl" - feedback
To: Jorgen Lundman <lundman@lundman.net>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/27/2006 22:12:22
On Aug 28, 11:09am, lundman@lundman.net (Jorgen Lundman) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: #32287 Processes hang in "mclpl" - feedback

| 
| 
| > 
| > So in your case it is tcp tx, not rx as mine... Must be driver dependent...
| > 
| > christos
| > 
| 
| The numbers seems to add up for me, but I perhaps just don't know how to read 
| the output :)
| 
| 33001 mbufs in use:
| 
|               tcp tx            inuse         32838      17142      17142
|                                 claims   3235280646 1585116978 1585116792
|                                 releases 3235247808 1585099836 1585099650
| 
| 3235280646 - 3235247808 = 32838
| 32838 < 33001
| 
| What am I looking for here to know that it's leaking?

The number of mbufs in use should not be so large. And it keeps growing.
The fact that they are in use means that they cannot be freed. What driver
are you using again? Anything particular with the traffic the machine
generates?

christos